[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016) › 80.12 # 宗鏡錄 80.12 宗鏡錄 80.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [80.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.80.12) 問。若眾生自實。名為佛性。覺此性故。名為佛者。但了一性。即契本原。云何教中。或說二三四五種等佛性不同。 > Question: If the very reality of sentient beings themselves is named the Buddha-nature, and awakening to this nature is what is called being a Buddha, then merely realizing the one nature would accord with the fundamental source. Why, then, in the teachings, are two, three, four, or five different kinds of Buddha-nature sometimes spoken of? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 80.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.80.11) - [Next: 80.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.80.13) - [Up: 80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.80) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.80.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.80.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.80.12) · Pramāṇa